Learning, changing and doing : critical citizenship through ecumenical exposure
Date
2015
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Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust
Abstract
Critical citizenship is becoming a very significant part of the educational pedagogy
at Stellenbosch University relating to the vocational, personal and civic lives of
the students and lecturers, focusing on critical and reflective thinking in what to
learn, believe and do. Making use of the central concepts of critical citizenship as
hermeneutical lenses, the main research question of this article is: “Does the exposure
through ecumenical tours, as part of the programme in the Postgraduate Diploma in
Th eology in Christian Ministry, foster critical citizenship, and if so, in what ways?”
Th e purpose of the article is therefore to take a closer look at one component of this
specific programme and to see if, and in what ways, critical citizenship is embedded
and fostered through aspects of ecumenical exposure. Factors at play in ecumenical
exposure include the diversity of the student population, the content of the programme
and, especially, the participatory and reflective practices of living faith communities.
A pedagogical framework will be used to evaluate whether critical citizenship is
enhanced through the ecumenical exposure of the programme.
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CITATION: Nell, I. A. 2015. Learning, changing and doing : critical citizenship through ecumenical exposure. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 1(2):531–549, doi:10.17570/stj.2015.v1n2.a25.
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The original publication is available at http://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za
Keywords
Learning, Pedagogy
Citation
Nell, I. A. 2015. Learning, changing and doing : critical citizenship through ecumenical exposure. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 1(2):531–549, doi:10.17570/stj.2015.v1n2.a25.